TOP LOCAL News
By LORNA CHEROT LITTLEWAY
November 26, 2025
CHATHAM--Five sponsors joined Capital Region Independent Media’s (CRIM) Vice President and Publisher Warren Dews Jr. at Price Chopper on Tuesday November 18, to kick off the annual “Feed Your Mind, Feed a Family” program. The purpose is to tackle food insecurity. Mr. Dews announced, “50 meals will ...
The 2025 Holiday Guide from The Columbia Paper, The Greenville Pioneer, and The Ravena News-Herald celebrates the magic of the season within our communities. This guide is packed with festive inspiration, this guide highlights local gift-giving ideas, Santa sightings, craft fairs, community ...
Pictured are volunteers at the Ghent Pantry Thanksgiving distribution. Photo by Greg ReedThanks delivered in Ghent To the Editor: A little rain didn’t dampen the spirit of giving! Following up on the commitment to nutrition and dignity highlighted in this letter about the Ghent Food Pantry ...
KINDERHOOK—At the November 4 Ichabod Crane Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Marie Digirolamo told the board, “We are in our last push for our capital project.”In October, the board voted unanimously to put a $31 million proposition for a capital improvement project with a second ...
COPAKE—To the disappointment of many and the delight of others, Hecate Energy was granted a draft permit for its controversial industrial scale solar facility in Craryville, November 18.The State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (ORES) issued the draft permit which ...
HUDSON--The Columbia County Board of Supervisors passed resolutions regarding short term rental (STR) tax collection, senior citizen utility bill help, and a housing survey possibility at its November 12 meeting, which followed a presentation about Columbia Memorial Health (CMH).One resolution ...
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The annual Roe Jan Food Pantry Thanksgiving food basket distribution was conducted on Saturday morning, November 22 at the Hillsdale Firehouse, 9387 Route 22. According to one of the organizers, Elwin Moore, there were about 120 families signed up to receive boxes filled with canned and dry goods, ...
November 29GERMANTOWN COMMUNITY TURKEY WALK📍 Palatine Park Pavilion, 50 Palatine Park Rd🕑 2:00 PMBring kids, dogs, friends, and family for a stroll through the trails to walk off all that pie. Hot cider provided at the end or enjoy a sauna with Big Towel in the park.Hosted by Germantown Recreation ...
Letter from the Foundry in Hudson about Winter Walk To the Editor: Dear Friends and Supporters, As many of you know, and as was previously publicized, Galvan Foundation is transferring ownership and operations of its assets to Bard College. Galvan is confident Bard will be a faithful steward of ...
COPAKE—The Copake Poinsettia Committee will deliver poinsettias to local people who are shut-ins or have recently lost a loved one, or who are simply in need of holiday cheer. The group is a committee of local not for profit—Copake Community Service Inc. If you know of anyone who might be happy to ...
COPAKE—The West Copake Reformed Church along with other area churches host Thanksgiving Dinner at the Copake Park Community Center, 305 Mountain View Road, Thursday, November 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. Take-out meals or sit-down and eat there. Free to all.
LENOX, MA–Casting has been announced and routes are being planned for Shakespeare & Company's Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, hitting the road to present “Hamlet,” directed by Kevin G. Coleman, February 10 – May 1. A story full of mystery, revenge, and tough choices about truth and ...
The night of November 17, Lebanon Valley Task Force members, which includes the Lebanon Valley Protective Association, Canaan Protective Fire Company and theRed Rock Volunteer Fire Company, “drilled on interior hose advancement, simulated interior attack, and rescue of a simulated victim. A fog ...
The night of November 13, with opening day of rifle season November 15, “members of Copake Fire drilled on tree stand rescue ‘pickoffs.’ Firefighters utilized lowering and hauling systems and lighting the scene with apparatus and portable light systems. Darkness can always add complexity to any ...
NEW LEBANON–In a split vote, the New Lebanon Town Board voted at their November 13 meeting to reduce the salary of Supervisor Tistrya Houghtling by $15,000 and transfer the money in the 2026 budget to a contractual line to pay for the creation of a Human Relations Department and fund a forensic ...
Copake Veterans Day Breakfast and Hudson Veterans Day Ceremony.
GHENT--Sasha Sicurella, the Art Omi: Education Director, has taught art in more than 25 countries to “students” of all ages and runs the beloved arts programs at Art Omi in Ghent. She also has three pet snails and insists that each one has a distinct personality. Clearly, she is someone who ...
NASSAU—A retired elementary school teacher was killed in a head-on crash November 10.State Police identified the deceased driver as Patricia A. Balcom, 80, of Chatham.On November 10 at 2:10 p.m. State Police responded to the report of a two-car crash on State Route 20 in Nassau (Rensselaer ...
Every year before the holidays volunteers for the Marian Stegmann Fund park a bus in the parking lot of the Kinderhook Elks Lodge and collect donations of toys hats mittens and non-perishable food, which will be dispersed to families in need in the Ichabod Crane Central School District just before ...
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AS THE HOLIDAYS creep closer, our calendars fill and our cars get busier. Whether it’s a long stay down south, a few days over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house, or a flurry of quick errands before Thanksgiving dinner, our pets often come along for the ride. A little ...
FROM ITS EARLIEST days in a borrowed schoolhouse in Athens, Columbia-Greene Community College (C-GCC) has been rooted in the idea that learning begins with people. The college opened its doors in 1969 with a handful of faculty, a single building, and an ambitious goal: to create opportunity through ...
CHATHAM--In the village, as you drive from the traffic circle down Route 66 across the Stonykill Creek, you pass between the Rutland Railroad bridge piers, and up on the north side of the railroad frontage stands a NYSEG power substation. Originally built in 1960 it has been scheduled for an ...
Santa came to the Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA on Saturday, November 15 for pictures with pets. And during the lulls in activity, pets who were boarded at the facility and also pets for adoption were given the chance to visit with Santa and get a little treat to smile for the camera. The ...
ANCRAM—During one of two public comment periods at the October 16 Town Board meeting, those present heard a disturbing statement from the town’s former Planning and Zoning board clerk alleging town officials had subjected her to a hostile work environment leading up to her resignation at the end of ...
CANAAN--Lauree Hickock, president of the Canaan Historical Society, announced the structural stabilization project at its 1829 Meeting House is well underway and may be complete by 2029. MJG Construction of Ballston Spa is doing the work under the supervision of Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture ...
HUDSON--On Thursday, November 13, Columbia-Greene Habitat for Humanity (CGHFH) held a ribbon cutting at their brand-new ReStore location, now at 3521 US-9 Hudson. The store’s hours are Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. Donation drop-off ...
GREENPORT—The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce joined Matt and Marc Kusewich, along with family, friends, their team, and Chamber members, to celebrate the grand opening of Gold Leaf Cannabis, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 230 Fairview Avenue.Gold Leaf Cannabis is the Hudson Valley’s premier ...
COPAKE–Copake-based artist Mayuko Fujino has released “Beakuency: Meet Bird People in Columbia County!,” a community art booklet—also known in the art world as a zine—celebrating the local birding community and its efforts to protect birds.In a time often marked by division, the Columbia County ...